Own xProfile Fields as default values in the search form – and conditions

Hi eriksson1337,

Yes, you can add this code to your file bp-custom.php:

// replace 5 with the field ID of your field

add_action ('bps_field_before_search_form', 'set_defaults');
function set_defaults ($f)
{
	$user = bp_loggedin_user_id ();
	if (empty ($user))  return;

	if ($f->code == 'field_5' && empty ($f->value))
	{
		$f->value = addslashes (xprofile_get_field_data (5, $user));
	}
}

This code is independent of the form template, so if your template works with ‘Conditional Profile Fields for BuddyPress’ it will continue to do so.

Thanks for your reply.

Would it also be possible (for example) to match the users own field 5 with the other users field 6?

And is there any solution yet for making BP Profile Search work with Conditional Profile Fields for BuddyPress without having to write a custom form template?

Hi eriksson1337,

You can modify the previous code to do that:

// search field 6 defaults to logged-in user's field 5 value

add_action ('bps_field_before_search_form', 'set_defaults');
function set_defaults ($f)
{
	$user = bp_loggedin_user_id ();
	if (empty ($user))  return;

	if ($f->code == 'field_6' && empty ($f->value))
	{
		$f->value = addslashes (xprofile_get_field_data (5, $user));
	}
}

About your second question, yes, you need to write a custom form template using the markup required by ‘Conditional Profile Fields for BuddyPress’.

Thank you.

Hello,

setting the default values works great, except of that it does not work with checkboxes. Have you got a solution for that?

Thank you

Hello eriksson1337,

When the field is a ‘Checkboxes’ type, the value is an array, so the code becomes:

// 'Checkboxes' search field 6 defaults to logged-in user's field 5 value

add_action ('bps_field_before_search_form', 'set_defaults');
function set_defaults ($f)
{
	$user = bp_loggedin_user_id ();
	if (empty ($user))  return;

	if ($f->code == 'field_6' && empty ($f->value))
	{
		$f->value = array_map ('addslashes', xprofile_get_field_data (5, $user));
	}
}

It works, thank you.